Cholera in Szczecin

"Legends, myths and tales about Szczecin"

Episode 33.

"Cholera in Szczecin"

Not one human on Pomerania was believing deeply, that in 1831 purposely Frenchmen got cholera to country. People said about them, that for years they was conspiring different intrigueds, because they probably wanted to impair Pomerania and more easily to capture its again. In the end they thought way's satan: to desolate this land! It how they effected that:Some day over Brama Berlinska man went to Szczecin. He has large bag on back. He was going carefully and he calmy was looking around himself. Almost he was creeping, so like he was wanting to pass guards unlook. But they looked his and they went with him on post. There they ordered him to open this bag. Firstly he didn't want, but in the end he accepted.

With problem he untied lines and he opened cover of bag, inside... Inside smaller bag was, exactly laced too. He got its and he opened. Amazed guards look inside next bag. They smiled and they was waiting, what will be next. Later next bag was and next, every not much small from previous. Finally man got the smallest and the last. He opened its, inside tiny, minute human sat. Tiny human moved, he showed teeth in malicious smile, he jumped on floor and he run to city. It was CHOLERA!
So that to Szczecin plague entered.

The end